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Swalwell gives profane advice to GOP amid 'nonsense' to avoid 'falling down' next year
4 days, 2 hours ago

Swalwell gives profane advice to GOP amid 'nonsense' to avoid 'falling down' next year

Raw Story  

A California Democrat gave Republicans a piece of his mind following a vote Friday night on a temporary spending bill, echoing a profane sentiment felt by millions of Americans: "Get your s--- together." The House voted at the 11th hour to temporarily fund the government with a new bill following the collapse of their own revised bill, which became necessary …

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'Not an accident': Target of death threats points to way GOP can end Trump retribution vow
4 days, 11 hours ago

'Not an accident': Target of death threats points to way GOP can end Trump retribution vow

Raw Story  

The target of dozens of death threats linked to the MAGA movement made a public plea to Republicans to halt Donald Trump’s vow of retribution Friday. “The presidential election cycle wasn’t just about re-election: It was about avoiding justice and more importantly, for him, punishing those who oppose him,” Swalwell wrote. 1 among conservatives and their lives will be turned …

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'Pit bulls of retribution': Swalwell braces for Trump admin after 'gross abuse'
2 weeks ago

'Pit bulls of retribution': Swalwell braces for Trump admin after 'gross abuse'

Raw Story  

A new watchdog report released Tuesday revealed that the Department of Justice under the first Donald Trump administration secretly obtained phone records for members of Congress, journalists, government staffers and incoming FBI director nominee Kash Patel — actions the top House Judiciary Democrat exclusively told Raw Story are a "gross abuse" of power worthy of investigation. "My suspicion alert level …

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'Betrayal of our flag': Lawmaker says federal workers are 'embarrassed' by Trump's Cabinet
1 month ago

'Betrayal of our flag': Lawmaker says federal workers are 'embarrassed' by Trump's Cabinet

Raw Story  

Rep. Eric Swalwell tore into Donald Trump's Cabinet nominations on MSNBC's "The ReidOut" Wednesday, saying the government could fall apart simply by virtue of the people below them not taking them seriously. He took particular aim at Trump's nomination to lead the Pentagon, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, whose sexual misconduct allegation has caused the Trump team to scramble — …

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'My Republican friends are laughing': Trump told that own party members mock his decisions
1 month ago

'My Republican friends are laughing': Trump told that own party members mock his decisions

Raw Story  

Republican lawmakers are laughing at President-elect Donald Trump and the "clown" he wants to see appointed the nation's top law enforcement officer, according to Rep. Eric Swalwell. Swalwell on Wednesday scoffed at Trump's chosen attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, and his attempts to bury a potentially damning Ethics committee report on accusations he had sex with a minor. "This …

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Eric Swalwell Makes Dire Plea To Americans 'Fighting' Back Against Trump Threat
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Eric Swalwell Makes Dire Plea To Americans 'Fighting' Back Against Trump Threat

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Rep. Eric Swalwell called on Americans to not give up in an urgent message on Thursday following President-elect Donald Trump’s election win. And if a high school student who’s going to go to school today in a country that’s going to arm mass shooters to the teeth and they’re still going to get through it, we can …

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Harris-Trump debate drives DC to drink — literally
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris-Trump debate drives DC to drink — literally

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — It’s debate night in the nation’s capital, and that means many of the city’s sports bars are going to feel like booze-soaked libraries where patrons will be shushing anyone who dares speak over the two presidential candidates as they metaphorically duke it out on screen. While most of the federal lawmakers Raw Story talked to have private debate …

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'America's Hitler': Eric Swalwell throws Vance's attack on Trump in GOP's face at hearing
5 months ago

'America's Hitler': Eric Swalwell throws Vance's attack on Trump in GOP's face at hearing

Raw Story  

Rep. Eric Swalwell reminded his Republican colleagues that their vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance, called former President Donald Trump "Hitler" before an assassination attempt. At a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday, Swalwell said Republicans had tried to use the attempted assassination of Trump to "erase" the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. "One member …

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Eric Swalwell Blasts House Republican For ‘Living On Fantasy Island’ Over Trump Claim
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Eric Swalwell Blasts House Republican For ‘Living On Fantasy Island’ Over Trump Claim

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Rep. Eric Swalwell took down Rep. Jeff Van Drew on Thursday over how he discussed former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case compared to his talk of President Joe Biden’s handling of documents. Van Drew, in remarks at a House Judiciary Committee hearing, argued that Trump was president when he brought documents to his Mar-a-Lago estate and …

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Eric Swalwell Goes Viral For Blistering Takedown Of GOP ‘Cult’ Of Trump
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Eric Swalwell Goes Viral For Blistering Takedown Of GOP ‘Cult’ Of Trump

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A clip of Rep. Eric Swalwell skewering his Republican colleagues over their devotion to former President Donald Trump went viral on Tuesday. “If you believe in states’ rights, except when a jury in that state convicts your nominee for president, you might be in a cult,” Swalwell told his colleagues. “If you claim you ‘back the blue’ …

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'Hell and chaos': Lawmaker says Trump has unleashed a mob 'terrorizing' law enforcement
9 months ago

'Hell and chaos': Lawmaker says Trump has unleashed a mob 'terrorizing' law enforcement

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump has created a climate in which both lawmakers and law enforcement officials are being constantly harassed, threatened, and put in fear for their own safety, Rep. Eric Swalwell said on MSNBC Thursday. Swalwell, who has been subject to numerous death threats on himself and his family for his work investigating Trump, reacted in particular to reporting …

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GOP AGs Urging Impeachment Of Secretary Mayorkas Squirm When Asked About Trump
11 months, 2 weeks ago

GOP AGs Urging Impeachment Of Secretary Mayorkas Squirm When Asked About Trump

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Rep. Eric Swalwell made a panel of GOP state attorneys general squirm on Wednesday when he got them to all agree on what counts as impeachable offenses ― and then asked them about Donald Trump’s conduct. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said Homeland Security …

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Florida man charged with threatening to kill US Rep Eric Swalwell and his children
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Florida man charged with threatening to kill US Rep Eric Swalwell and his children

The Independent  

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‘Ridiculed by many’: Rep. Dean Phillips is the Dem presidential candidate no Dem wants
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Ridiculed by many’: Rep. Dean Phillips is the Dem presidential candidate no Dem wants

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Rep. Dean Phillips has a presidential tour bus and a welcoming slogan — “Everyone’s Invited!” — but no one in Washington seems to even care about his longshot primary challenge to President Joe Biden. “Dean’s a classmate — we came in together,” Pressley finally told Raw Story. “There’d be a case more than, ‘He’s too old,’” Pocan said, …

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'It's easy to discredit him': Dem lays out blueprint for taking down Jim Jordan
1 year, 3 months ago

'It's easy to discredit him': Dem lays out blueprint for taking down Jim Jordan

Raw Story  

Rep. Eric Swalwell encouraged his colleagues to seriously crack down on Rep. Jim Jordan's partisanship while leading Judiciary Committee hearings. "You had quite a moment this week at a hearing where Attorney General Merrick Garland was testifying," MSNBC host Jen Psaki told Swalwell in a Sunday interview. "We don't punch back hard enough," he replied. And Jordan, it's easy to …

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Why are America's politicians so old — and does age matter in politics?
1 year, 3 months ago

Why are America's politicians so old — and does age matter in politics?

ABC  

Sometimes, the moments that go the most viral are also the most difficult to watch. "I think that the Mitch McConnell situation hurts Joe Biden more than it hurts the Republican Party," Republican pollster and Bellwether Research president Christine Matthews said. America's 'most privileged nursing home' Donald Trump is careful to distinguish age from acuity when attacking Joe Biden, aware …

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Jim Jordan trolled by Democrat over Hunter Biden plea deal freakout
1 year, 6 months ago

Jim Jordan trolled by Democrat over Hunter Biden plea deal freakout

Raw Story  

Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday lashed out at the Hunter Biden plea deal involving misdemeanors, only to have the situation thrown back in his face by a Democratic colleague. Jordan, who is reportedly leading a GOP push to cripple the "fight against disinformation" ahead of the 2024 election, posted only "DOUBLE STANDARD OF JUSTICE" in all caps on Twitter. The …

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‘Defying his own standard‘: Eric Swalwell pummels Jim Jordan at hearing on subpoena compliance
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Defying his own standard‘: Eric Swalwell pummels Jim Jordan at hearing on subpoena compliance

Raw Story  

A Democratic congressman on Thursday called out House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan alleging hypocrisy after Jordan issued subpoenas in connection with investigations into the Justice Department and the FBI, noting that Jordan himself last year defied a congressional subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee. Jordan earlier this week threatened to subpoena 16 more FBI witnesses in connection with a probe …

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Watch: Greene gets schooled after her ‘divorced from reality’ rant at House Homeland Security hearing
1 year, 9 months ago

Watch: Greene gets schooled after her ‘divorced from reality’ rant at House Homeland Security hearing

Raw Story  

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene got taken to task by Rep. Eric Swalwell for using fentanyl seizures to suggest President Joe Biden was failing to keep drugs out of the country. "I think China has blood on its hands for the fentanyl crisis because, as a number of people have said overwhelmingly, this fentanyl is coming through points of entry and …

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Top Dem on House intel seeks briefings on classified records
1 year, 10 months ago

Top Dem on House intel seeks briefings on classified records

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The new top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday called for more information about the classified records discovered in the private possession of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. “There’s a strong bipartisan concern that Congress is not being briefed on even preliminary reviews of classified information that might have been exposed,” Himes said …

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Watch: Swalwell rips Republicans at House hearing for 'cheering on chaos'
1 year, 10 months ago

Watch: Swalwell rips Republicans at House hearing for 'cheering on chaos'

Raw Story  

Rep. Eric Swalwell ripped his Republican colleagues for seemingly "cheering on chaos" by hyping drug busts at the border to attack President Joe Biden. The California politician questioned Sheriff Mark Dannels, of Cochise County, Arizona, during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday on the "Biden border crisis," the first in a series, and the law enforcement officer agreed that illegal …

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McCarthy fires back at reporter who asks why Democrats were kicked off committees but Santos seated
1 year, 10 months ago

McCarthy fires back at reporter who asks why Democrats were kicked off committees but Santos seated

Daily Mail  

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy fired back at a reporter Tuesday who asked how he could remove Democrats from the Intelligence Committee, but allow embattled Republican Rep. George Santos to keep his committee assignments. Desjardins had pressed McCarthy on how 'lying to us' was a factor to remove Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee, but …

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McCarthy says he’ll block Schiff, Swalwell from Intel panel
1 year, 10 months ago

McCarthy says he’ll block Schiff, Swalwell from Intel panel

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy reiterated Tuesday that he will block Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell of California from serving on the House committee that oversees national intelligence, saying the decision was not based on political payback but because “integrity matters, and they have failed in that place.” In the previous Congress, Democrats booted Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene …

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Kevin McCarthy Denies Intelligence Committee Seats To Eric Swalwell And Adam Schiff
1 year, 11 months ago

Kevin McCarthy Denies Intelligence Committee Seats To Eric Swalwell And Adam Schiff

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has avenged Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene by blocking two Democrats from serving on a House committee. McCarthy announced Tuesday he would refuse to seat Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff of California on the House Intelligence Committee — pure political payback for Democrats removing Greene and Rep. Paul Gosar from committees in …

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